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Dan Quinn speaks to the media ahead of the 40-day break. “See you in July!”
It’s been a cool eight weeks or so, which began the same week as the draft. We started with the players the 22nd, did the draft that weekend, and then over the next few weeks we really pushed it hard on the skills. And then as we added the new players here: how we would onboard them; standards; got into some of the practice work, and then that finished today where we got to see where we’re at.
So, it was a really meaningful session for this offseason. And perhaps one of my favorite parts was having a time for their families to be here today. Maybe at some places throughout the years, the end of a minicamp might have felt like one foot out the door. What I thought was cool for me to watch from afar is the connection the team has had for one another. So, on the day where that sometimes happens through the years, there were a hundred kids and another hundred adults hanging.
That meant a lot — that they enjoy spending that time together as a big team. And so, I’m like, that was really cool!
Now, we have about 40 days till we get rolling again and we had a couple guys talk about what that time looks like. [Linebackers Coach] Ken Norton and [Coaching Analyst] Wes Welker addressed the team about that this morning. I think between the two of them they played about 25 or 26 years so they know what training into that space looks like — when you really want to go for it — and what that training looks like to be in that kind of shape to get ready.
So, it was a fun day and open up to you guys to get rolling.”
“l have no update on Noah. He’s getting an MRI today, this afternoon. So yeah, I don’t want to speculate.”
“Yeah, MRI today. Yeah.”
“l love that we came back in really hungry to prove it. And that’s I think a good sign as opposed to letting your skills go down or your eye not as sharp or those things.
To come in with things specific to work on to go get better, that was big for me. And then to see people who were here year to help the first year players now — first year free agents, first year rookies — get up to speed.
When I see [LB] Nick Bellore over the last three days teaching like he’s a coach, that means a lot because we don’t ask Nick to do that, but that’s how he pays it forward to the other guys here. And that’s what a leader does, helping get everybody ready. I...
